This is "classical theatre" as you've never seen it before, by one the leading comedic minds of the 17th century, Jean-Baptiste Molière.

Molière's final play, The Imaginary Invalid is a carnival funhouse of a comedy: dark and ominous -- yet rowdy, hilarious good fun. His razor-edged dialogue zings with wit, and his trenchant satire of profiteers and blustering egotists hits its mark as precisely in the 21st century as it did in the 17th.

Argan is happy being miserable. A hypochondriac, he has surrounded himself with a phalanx of opportunistic physicians and a wife who can't wait for him to kick off. When Argan decides he needs a doctor for a son-in-law -- and insists that his daughter Angélique cast off her true love to marry one -- his long-suffering servant Toinette devises an ingenious plan to rescue her.

Like Molière's classics School for Wives and The Misanthrope, The Imaginary Invalid is brilliant satire. But it's also a masterpiece of mistaken identity and comic confusion -- black comedy, scathing social critique, and first-rate slapstick all at once. This is one classic you won't want to miss.

Thur, Fri & Sat: 8 p.m. Sunday, June 10: 2 p.m.	JUNE SUN MON TUE WED THU FRI SAT 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16
Subscribe and save 25%! Find out more.	Tickets: Thur & Sun: $16 $14 Students & Seniors Fri & Sat: $18 $16 Students & Seniors on Friday All ticket prices include a $1 Restoration Fee, which will help to restore Civic's beautiful and historic 19th Street Theatre. Group rates available.